The Saraland resident retired as a captain from the Mobile Police Department after 35 years of service. He had been with the Mobile County Sheriff's Office for eight years, serving as Narcotics Commander, according to his obituary on AL.com.

Smith was also a self-taught musician and member of First Baptist Church North Mobile.

Funeral services were held Thursday at the chapel of Dignity's Funeral Home on Dauphin Street. Interment was in Mobile Memorial Gardens.